The Pentagon continues to rely on Congress to inject funding into its controversial Overseas Contingency Operations account to skirt legislative budget caps, especially with partisan gridlock over federal spending likely to continue, according to the Defense Department's chief of cost assessment and program evaluation. Robert Daigle, CAPE's director, said Wednesday DOD is building a series of budget scenarios based on potential legislation likely to give the department relief from the $549 billion defense spending cap set by the 2011 Budget...
